Title 10, Armed ForcesRelease 119-102
§2148 Duration of Entitlement
Title 10 › Subtitle A — General Military Law › PART III — TRAINING AND EDUCATION › CHAPTER 106A — EDUCATIONAL ASSISTANCE FOR PERSONS ENLISTING FOR ACTIVE DUTY › § 2148
Summary
Educational assistance ends ten years after the service member retires, is discharged, or otherwise leaves active duty. If a service member dies on active duty and the benefit is passed to a spouse or dependent child, the ten-year period starts on the date of the member’s death.
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Title 10, §2148
Armed Forces, Source: USLM XML via OLRC
The entitlement of any person to educational assistance under this chapter expires at the end of the ten-year period beginning on the date of the retirement or discharge or other separation from active duty of the person upon whose service such entitlement is based. In the case of a member entitled to educational assistance under this chapter who dies while on active duty and whose entitlement is transferred to a spouse or dependent child, such entitlement expires at the end of the ten-year period beginning on the date of such member’s death.
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10 U.S.C. § 2148
Title 10, Armed Forces
Last Updated
Aug 21, 2026
Release point: 119-102